NEW HAVEN >> A 10-year-old girl was the victim of a reported home invasion at an apartment house in Fair Haven Friday morning, police said.

The girl told police she was home alone when she heard noises coming from the living room and was confronted by a man who had broken in, according to police spokesman Officer David Hartman in a release. She said the man blindfolded her and bound her hands before asking her where the money was. Once the man left, the girl said she freed herself and went to a neighbor’s apartment on an upper floor.

The suspect took more than $1,000 and a computer. A description of the suspect is not available, Hartman said.

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The home invasion is thought to have taken place at about 10 a.m., and the neighbors called the girl’s parents at about 11:30 a.m. The girl’s father arrived home at about 1 p.m., then waited nearly four hours before calling police, Hartman said.

The Connecticut Department of Children and Families, as well as clinical staff from the Yale Child Study Center’s Child Development - Community Policing program have been involved with this case.